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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rosacoke's married brother's name?
(a) Mark.
(b) Meyer.
(c) Milo.
(d) Milt.

2. Where is the picnic held?
(a) The city park.
(b) The lake.
(c) The church yard.
(d) The state park.

3. Where is Rosacoke going as the story begins?
(a) Grocery.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Funeral.
(d) School.

4. What is Rosacoke going to take to Mildred's baby?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Toys.
(d) Money.

5. What is Wesley's last name?
(a) Bear.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Fox.

6. What does Rosacoke want to know when she sends another letter?
(a) Wesley's Christmas list.
(b) Wesley's intentions for their relationship.
(c) Wesley's birthday plans.
(d) When he is coming back.

7. Where does Rosacoke decide to cool off on the way home?
(a) Mr. Isaac's woods.
(b) Under a tree in a meadow.
(c) The ice house.
(d) The diner.

8. What is one of the things that Rosacoke mentions in her letter to Wesley?
(a) The heat.
(b) Her new job.
(c) The rain.
(d) Her mother's illness.

9. Today is the day of the Delight Baptist Church _______________.
(a) Fall Festival.
(b) Sunday supper.
(c) Picnic.
(d) Ice cream social.

10. With who did Rosacoke used to play in Mr. Isaac's woods?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Marion.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Marie.

11. What is Milo's wife's name?
(a) Susie.
(b) Sara.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Sybil.

12. What was Mildred trying to hide the last time Rosacoke saw her?
(a) A bad haircut.
(b) A bruise on her face.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) A torn dress.

13. What does Wesley do in the middle of the funeral?
(a) Plays the radio too loud.
(b) Roars off down the road.
(c) Honks his horn.
(d) Falls asleep.

14. Where does Wally want to take Rosacoke?
(a) Diner.
(b) Softball game.
(c) Drive-in movie.
(d) Church picnic.

15. Rosacoke knows she will be the only ___________ person at the funeral.
(a) White.
(b) Young.
(c) Black.
(d) Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosacoke resist Wesley's romantic advances?

2. In what decade does A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE take place?

3. Wesley tells Rosacoke that ______________ has asked for a ride to Roanoke with him.

4. When was the last time Rosacoke saw Mildred?

5. Why does Willie Duke make a stir when she returns home?

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